How Humans Learn - The Science and Stories behind Effective College Teaching (Paperback)

Even on good days, teaching is a challenging profession. One way to make the job of college instructors easier, however, is to know more about the ways students learn. How Humans Learn aims to do just that by peering behind the curtain and surveying research in fields as diverse as developmental psychology, anthropology, and cognitive neuroscience for insight into the science behind learning. The result is a story that ranges from investigations of the evolutionary record to studies of infants discovering the world for the first time, and from a look into how our brains respond to fear to a reckoning with the importance of gestures and language. Joshua R. Eyler identifies five broad themes running through recent scientific inquiry-curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and failure-devoting a chapter to each and providing practical takeaways for busy teachers. He also interviews and observes college instructors across the country, placing theoretical insight in dialogue with classroom experience.

General

Imprint:	West Virginia University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Release date:	November 2018
Authors:	Joshua R Eyler
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
ISBN-13:	978-1-946684-64-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching skills & techniques Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Cognition & cognitive psychology > Learning Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Promotions
LSN:	1-946684-64-3
Barcode:	9781946684646

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